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This set features my all-time favorite font, Avenir. It's clean, understated and yet still has a quiet style. I use it in my CZ Design logo and it has been a go-to font for me in scrapbooking for years. I have used time and again for journaling as well. It reads beautifully at 10 point size.

Today, I want to challenge you to create a page featuring type in some way. You can use the free brush & stamp if you like, but really, I just want to see pages featuring great titles and nice journaling blocks.

I also plan to share examples of my favorite font in action throughout the day. The thing about Avenir is that it's stylish, but doesn't dominate a design in a way that says, "HEY! I'M OVER HERE!" And I love that. This page features it in the title and the journaling, a combo I do all the time.

Good morning, Cathy! Just waking up here in Arizona. I love your clean, simple style. Looking forward to checking in on this thread throughout the day. Can't wait for this year's 30 Things Thankful class

Good morning, Cathy! Just waking up here in Arizona. I love your clean, simple style. Looking forward to checking in on this thread throughout the day. Can't wait for this year's 30 Things Thankful class

Hey Joanne! I can't wait either! That was my favorite album of 2012 (okay, December Daily was probably tied with it!) I've got whole new digital album sets coming in a few weeks. Just putting the last pieces together on them.

Good morning. Thanks for the brush and stamp set! I like digi elements that will look great in both traditional and project life scrapping. Your word art stamps (boxed type and labels) fit the bill perftectly - love'm. Thanks!

Good morning. Thanks for the brush and stamp set! I like digi elements that will look great in both traditional and project life scrapping. Your word art stamps (boxed type and labels) fit the bill perftectly - love'm. Thanks!

I love your sample lo with your adorable daughter! Great freebie, thanks. I was turned onto a great font by Esther, Aaargh, a couple of years ago, that I use a lot for very readable text. I'm on a little bit of a typewriter font love-fest too, although I am surprised by how many of them don't include all of the punctuation. I made apostrophes from commas a lot and add them separately!

I love FontSquirrel.com for it's fonts. The only drag is that sometimes, you'll find a great free font, but it only comes in one weight. Still, lots of great fonts there and they are all categorized nicely.

Later today, I want to talk about my favorite categories of type! Slab Serif and Sans Serif are at the top of the list. If you have time to poke around their fonts, by all means do!

I love your sample lo with your adorable daughter! Great freebie, thanks. I was turned onto a great font by Esther, Aaargh, a couple of years ago, that I use a lot for very readable text. I'm on a little bit of a typewriter font love-fest too, although I am surprised by how many of them don't include all of the punctuation. I made apostrophes from commas a lot and add them separately!

I'll have to check that font out! And yes, it's pretty common to have sets like that not include the punctuation!

Hi Cathy! I, too, love your clean style! I love fonts and am loaded with them but don't use them enough. I've always
loved adorable which is my go to font. Thanks for the freebies and the challenge. I hope to find time
to work on a page today.

Good morning Cathy! First off, I have been a big fan of yours since taking your 10 Tips for Better Type class a while back. Your DD templates and word art are always among my favorite go-to items

I love the clean lines of the Avenir font. Quick question to see what your recommendation is for purchasing it. Searching the web, I see there are many varieties/weights of Avenir (35, 45, Light, Oblique, Roman, etc). If one was going to buy just one Avenir font, which one do you think is the best to start with or do you use the most?

I look forward to checking back on this thread throughout the day, and thank you for the awesome freebie! Best, Heather

Sorry! I didnīt whant to say pound but lake! I love font squirrel for fonts to, they have a great collection and many designers love ther site. You answered the question I whant to ask you about Avenir. I think Sophia Pro is perfect if you can not buy Avenir, thanks.

Okay, really busy today and now totally distracted by fonts!!!! Got 2 new ones, thanks Cathy! I first encountered the writing on photos from a template by Katie. I loved it, even though I often forget to use it. Will try it again. Thank you so much for the freebie.

Hi Cathy, ladies! I am a fan too Cathy, of your clean, graphic style and have loved watching your kids grow up before our eyes. I am a font junkie too....never heard of font squirrel though, will have to check that out....

Oh man--found this too late to do a page--but couldn't find them in the gallery...Thanks for the freebie--and thanks for still being in the scrapbook world and getting my scrapping mojo back in gear!!!

Hi Cathy! I, too, love your clean style! I love fonts and am loaded with them but don't use them enough. I've always
loved adorable which is my go to font. Thanks for the freebies and the challenge. I hope to find time
to work on a page today.

Sylvia, I've been using fonts for over 25 years and I still don't have them organized and in a way that I can easily access them. LOL. Working on it! Hope you find time to play today!